Surat: Health department officials of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) have collected samples from an outlet of a famous chain of tea stalls suspecting adulteration of milk.Earlier, samples were taken from the tea chain Khetla Aapa tea stalls in other cities, including Ahmedabad and Rajkot, where milk used was found to be adulterated.Officials collected four samples of tea leaves also from the stall in Adajan. "We have sent the samples for laboratory check," an official said.The official said, " In other cities, milk samples taken from Khetla Aapa stalls were found adulterated."According to sources, the stall owners have a peculiar preparation method tea which is in huge demand in northern parts of the state. Around 40-50 litres milk is put on coal fuel as per traditional methods used in villages, which gives a specific flavour to the tea.

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